1945 British Columbia general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1945 British Columbia general election was the 21st general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on August 31, 1945, and held on October 25, 1945. The new legislature met for the first time on February 21, 1946.

A centre-right coalition was formed by the Liberal and Conservative (now called the Progressive Conservative) parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.

Although the Coalition won fewer votes than the Liberal and Conservative parties won in total in the previous election, the Coalition still won more than half of the votes, captured more than half the seats, and formed a majority government.

Results

Template:Election table |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1941 !1945 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |Template:LegendTemplate:Legend | 47 || 32 || 37 || 5Template:Increase || 261,147 || 26,979Template:Decrease || 55.83 || 7.65Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |Harold Winch | 48 || 14 || 10 || 4Template:Decrease || 175,960 || 24,520Template:Increase || 37.62 || 4.26Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour (all factions) | || 2 || 1 || 1 || Template:No change || 1,395 || 5,746Template:Decrease || 0.30 || 1.27Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colourTemplate:Efn | || – || 1 || – || 1Template:Decrease || – || 1,681Template:Decrease || – ||Changed
allegiance Template:Canadian party colour | || 21 || – || – || – || 16,479 || 16,479Template:Increase || 3.52 ||New Template:Canadian party colour (alliance) | || 16 || – || – || – || 6,627 || 6,627Template:Increase || 1.42 ||New Template:Canadian party colour | || 2 || – || – || – || 2,786 || 2,786Template:Increase || 0.60 ||New Template:Canadian party colour | || 2 || – || – || – || 1,532 || 106Template:Decrease || 0.33 || 0.03Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour | || 2 || – || – || – || 748 || 748Template:Increase || 0.16 ||New Template:Canadian party colour | || 1 || – || – || – || 423 || 423Template:Increase || 0.09 ||New Template:Canadian party colour | || 3 || – || – || – || 285 || 398Template:Decrease || 0.06 || 0.09Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour | || 1 || – || – || – || 199 || 199Template:Increase || 0.04 ||New Template:Canadian party colour | || 1 || – || – || – || 105 || 105Template:Increase || 0.02 ||New Template:Canadian party colour | || 1 || – || – || – || 61 || 61Template:Increase || 0.01 ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 147 | 48 ! colspan="2"| 48 ! colspan="2"|467,747 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballotsTemplate:Sfn | 3,899 ||898Template:Decrease | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who votedTemplate:Sfn | 298,387 ||5,514Template:Decrease | 62.66% || 10.07Template:Decrease |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered votersTemplate:Sfn | 476,222 ||58,383Template:Increase | colspan="2"| |} Template:Reflist

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MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1945 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Template:Sfn

Riding	Winning party								Votes
Name	1941		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %	Template:Abbr	CCF	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Total
Alberni		Lib		Coal	2,135	54.02%	877	22.19%	2,135	1,258	559	–	–	–	3,952
Atlin		Lib		Coal	297	50.42%	5	0.84%	297	292	–	–	–	–	589
Burnaby		CCF		CCF	5,905	50.56%	1,172	10.04%	4,733	5,905	744	298	–	–	11,680
Cariboo		Lib		Coal	1,370	57.93%	375	15.86%	1,370	995	–	–	–	–	2,365
Chilliwack		Con		Coal	3,804	62.37%	1,509	24.74%	3,804	2,295	–	–	–	–	6,099
Columbia		Lib		Coal	671	53.30%	83	6.60%	671	588	–	–	–	–	1,259
Comox		CCF		Coal	3,432	45.62%	70	0.93%	3,432	3,362	729	–	–	–	7,523
Cowichan-Newcastle		CCF		CCF	3,768	55.33%	726	10.66%	3,042	3,768	–	–	–	–	6,810
Cranbrook		Con		Coal	2,077	49.04%	112	2.64%	2,077	1,965	193	–	–	–	4,235
Delta		CCF		Coal	5,859	53.64%	796	7.28%	5,859	5,063	–	–	–	–	10,922
Dewdney		Con		Coal	4,586	53.71%	633	7.42%	4,586	3,953	–	–	–	–	8,539
Esquimalt		Con		Coal	2,568	56.35%	579	12.70%	2,568	1,989	–	–	–	–	4,557
Fernie		Lab		Lab	1,289	42.28%	271	8.89%	1,018	742	–	–	–	1,289	3,049
Fort George		Lib		CCF	1,726	55.73%	355	11.46%	1,371	1,726	–	–	–	–	3,097
Grand Forks-Greenwood		Con		Coal	707	52.06%	246	18.11%	707	461	84	–	–	106	1,358
Kamloops		Lib		Coal	2,804	57.78%	911	18.77%	2,804	1,893	156	–	–	–	4,853
Kaslo-Slocan		Lib		CCF	1,098	53.12%	129	6.24%	969	1,098	–	–	–	–	2,067
Lillooet		Con		Coal	1,143	51.42%	320	14.40%	1,143	823	–	196	–	61	2,233
Mackenzie		CCF		CCF	2,961	52.19%	648	11.42%	2,313	2,961	293	106	–	–	5,673
Nanaimo and the Islands		Lib		Coal	3,124	54.24%	577	10.02%	3,124	2,547	–	89	–	–	5,760
Nelson-Creston		Lib		Coal	3,055	58.59%	1,806	34.64%	3,055	1,249	–	–	184	726	5,214
New Westminster		Lib		Coal	4,900	57.91%	1,933	22.85%	4,900	2,967	595	–	–	–	8,462
North Okanagan		Lib		Coal	2,990	59.78%	1,408	28.15%	2,990	1,582	–	430	–	–	5,002
North Vancouver		CCF		Coal	5,912	54.20%	1,842	16.89%	5,912	4,070	646	280	–	–	10,908
Oak Bay		Con		Coal	4,598	82.31%	3,610	64.62%	4,598	988	–	–	–	–	5,586
Omineca		Lib		CCF	932	51.58%	57	3.16%	875	932	–	–	–	–	1,807
Peace River		Lib		CCF	1,682	47.85%	565	16.07%	1,117	1,682	–	716	–	–	3,515
Prince Rupert		Lib		CCF	1,873	49.83%	525	13.97%	–	1,873	538	–	1,348	–	3,759
Revelstoke		Lib		Coal	1,089	51.17%	50	2.34%	1,089	1,039	–	–	–	–	2,128
Rossland-Trail		CCF		Coal	3,171	49.35%	1,111	17.29%	3,171	933	–	261	–	2,060	6,425
Saanich		Lib		Coal	5,414	57.85%	1,983	21.19%	5,414	3,431	239	–	–	275	9,359
Salmon Arm		Con		Coal	1,560	60.00%	520	20.00%	1,560	1,040	–	–	–	–	2,600
Similkameen		CCF		Coal	3,447	57.09%	856	14.18%	3,447	2,591	–	–	–	–	6,038
Skeena		Lib		Coal	901	58.7%	267	17.40%	901	634	–	–	–	–	1,535
South Okanagan		Con		Coal	3,706	64.25%	1,644	28.50%	3,706	2,062	–	–	–	–	5,768
Yale		Lib		Coal	1,077	66.77%	541	33.54%	1,077	536	–	–	–	–	1,613

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Results by riding - 1945 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Template:Sfn

Riding		Winning party		Votes
Name	MLAs	1941	1945	Template:Abbr	CCF	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Total
Vancouver-Burrard	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	29,649	20,221	2,030	1,219	–	107	53,226
Vancouver Centre	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	21,854	15,000	3,967	959	–	426	42,206
Vancouver East	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	18,980	25,721	2,798	705	–	56	48,260
Vancouver-Point Grey	3	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	67,276	26,859	2,472	625	–	423	97,655
Victoria City	3	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	31,553	16,866	436	743	–	473	50,071

See also

• List of British Columbia political parties

Further reading

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References

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